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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Fashion Transition

After the peak of summer comes the changing of the season and with this the world of fashion unfolds the pre-fall collections. These mid-year collections give a sneak peek and an insight on upcoming trends for the months ahead.
International menswear brand Pierre Cardin recently presented their latest campaign with a style-setting showcase of runway inspired pieces from the AW 2012 global collections. Tailoring rules in modern silhouettes transforming retail into bespoke like masterpieces. Suits, blazers and jackets are finely transformed in slim- fitting manners of mod attractions. The look of masculinity is sleek, polished and refined with a captivating mood of sexiness. Men need not bare skin to be sexy, the idea is to create the mood in well-defined structural form and infusing trendsetting hues such as olive, military green, deep blues, grays and black. Hints of summer's must-have pastels are here to stay while dark pre-Fall tones have arrived. With all the seriousness in fashion forward appeal, Pierre Cardin injects a hint of playfulness with an array of prints as seen in updated checks, eye-catching polka dots and modern stripes. The global brand is back in the spotlight and has successfully reinvented classic menswear fashion into the now.